Are backpacks uncool for high school?12 replies

Not a lot of people in my high school have backpacks, they have messenger bags or totes, but I like backpacks because they are easier to carry and I can fit more things into them…but someone told me that I will get made fun of if I have a backpack in high school..I mean it’s not like I’ll have a pink plastic barbie backpack, just a plain colored JanSport one…. your thoughts??

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1. Cassie B said on July 21, 2009 at 12:42 pm

   Backpacks are fine. put cool buttons on it to make it more you. Also, make sure the straps are set so it sits very low on your back.
2. NEVERaWALLFLOWER said on July 24, 2009 at 12:54 am

   Most boys still carry backpacks in high school, but most of the girls in my high school carried designer tote bags
3. Ruthie said on July 25, 2009 at 8:18 pm

   use what you want to use and who cares what others think? If someone has so little of a life that they make fun of someone for using a backpack then that is their problem not yours. never be afraid to be different. If you want to use a backpack use a backpack
4. Peacockgirl said on July 26, 2009 at 6:09 am

   no. lots of people at my school use backpacks, especially jansport because they have really cool designs.
5. George jr. said on July 29, 2009 at 10:24 am

   i use a black jansport.
6. ? said on July 29, 2009 at 2:45 pm

   i saw lots of the boys wearing them but in h.s i never used one i always carried my things or put them in my tote lol.
7. ☼DIOR☼ said on August 1, 2009 at 12:27 am

   no not at all, i am going to the 10th and i can’t live without my backpack just make sure it isn’t a big bulky one, and you should look cool, like me

   yeah try jansport or northface.
8. A gurl;D said on August 2, 2009 at 9:29 am

   no you won’t get made fun of. The person who told you that is an idiot. And whoever is going to make fun of you because you have a backpack is a jackass.
9. Ultimate Black Punk! said on August 4, 2009 at 7:30 am

   That’s weird that someone would say you’d get made fun of if you have a backpack in high school…plenty of kids at my high school carry backpacks.

   Although we have to put them in our lockers so nobody really knows what you put your stuff in anyways.
10. Catty said on August 6, 2009 at 2:13 am

    my thoughts: who cares what the heck other people think! i mean i perfer useing a backpack then a tote bag or whatever i just make my backpack me! i don’t think if its uncool whatsoever. it all depends on you. would you rather fit in or make a statement that its okay to be different?
11. Heidi said on August 8, 2009 at 2:15 pm

    You need to think about you and your comfort. Tote bags are difficult to carry (especially heavy ones filled with all those books) and will end up hurting your back/shoulder. Backpacks are much easier, and you’re right, you can carry much more stuff in them. Use both straps to protect your back.

    By the way, Jansports are cool, and excellent quality. I used to collect cool patches (from places like Spencer’s and Hot Topic) and by the end of the year, my backpack was covered with them. I loved it.
12. puppylover56784 said on August 11, 2009 at 2:58 am

    i dont think so i carried a tote around my school for like a year and it was a big hollister one but i think that backpacks r much cooler to use but go with whichever one that u want dont listen what people think